“We can move those guys around a little bit — and I’m not happy with the way a few guys are playing,” Van Gundy said. “But the bottom line is if we’re going to go anywhere and win, those guys that we’re talking about have to play well. Can other guys come in and provide more energy? Yeah. Can we have a chance at going where we want to go in the playoffs? No, we can’t [without them]. So they’re going to have to play well.”

Starting small forward Hedo Turkoglu struggled in the last two Magic games, totaling nine points, four assists and five turnovers.

And the team has a whole has committed at least 19 turnovers in four of its last five games.

Anderson must improve ‘D’ earlyRyan Anderson struggled defensively at the beginnings of the loss to Miami and the loss to Chicago. On Sunday, Chris Bosh scored 12 of his 23 points in the first quarter. On Monday, Carlos Boozer scored 16 of his 24 in the first half.

But Anderson played better after those initial stretches.

Van Gundy spoke with Anderson on Tuesday.

“He’s made a lot of progress, but Ryan’s mindset tends to be offense, and so he goes into the game thinking offense . . .,” Van Gundy said.

“Then, both those games, when he didn’t do anything defensively in the first half and people got on him and everything else, I thought his third quarters in both the Miami and the Chicago games defensively were as well as he’s played ever defensively. He competed very, very hard. He is capable of doing that. He’s not going to lock those guys down because nobody is.”